Cbkt Information
CBKT is the CBC's television station in Regina, Saskatchewan. It is located in the CBC Regina Broadcast Centre at 2440 Broad Street in downtown Regina, alongside CBK-AM-FM.
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History
- See also: CHAB-TV.
CBKT signed on for the first time on December 21, 1962 as CHRE-TV, a semi-satellite of CHAB-TV in Moose Jaw affiliated with CTV. CHRE signed on as part of a deal between CHAB-TV and Regina's original station, CKCK-TV, which allowed CTV to come to Saskatchewan for the first time. On the same day CHRE signed on, CKCK-TV opened a rebroadcaster in Moose Jaw.
On May 30, 1968, controlling interest in CHAB Ltd., owner of CHAB-AM-TV and CHRE, was transferred to Moffat Broadcasting, owner of Winnipeg's CTV affiliate, CJAY. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), however, told Moffat to sell CHAB-TV and CHRE to a new owner within one year. Moffat tried to sell CHAB and CHRE to Western Broadcast Management Ltd., owner of CHAN-TV in Vancouver. However, the CRTC denied this bid on July 18, 1969 in favour of a counteroffer from the CBC. On September 13, CBC officially assumed control of CHRE and CHAB, made the Regina station the main station, and recalled the stations as CBKRT and CBKMT respectively. CKCK-TV switched to CTV upon the CBC's purchase of CHRE and CHAB from Moffat. The station received its current call letters on July 31, 1978. On the same day, CBKMT's licence was merged with that of CBKT; its transmitter now operates as full-time rebroadcaster CBKT-1.
The CHRE calls are now used on a St. Catharines, Ontario radio station owned by Astral Media.
In 2002, CBC purchased former privately owned affiliates CJFB-TV in Swift Current and CKOS-TV in Yorkton, turning both into rebroadcasters of CBKT.
Newscasts
The station produces a nightly regional newscast, CBC News at Six, anchored by Costa Maragos, which airs stories happening in Regina, Saskatoon, Swift Current, Yorkton and Prince Albert. Before the launch of Canada Now in 2000, the CBC Saskatchewan newscast was known as CBC News Hour. Previously local newscasts on CBKT were known as FYI, 24 Hours, and Newsday.
Past news anchors include Allan Bonner, George Dawes, Sherv Shragge, Sheldon Turcotte, Richard Perry, Holly Preston, and Kristy Snell. Sportscasts were anchored by Beattie Martin, Steve Ruddick, and Glenn Reid.
Weather segments currently originate from the CBC's national weather centre. In the past, weather was delivered locally by Bill Conley, Bryce Eckstein, Howard Thornton, Marilyn Maki, and Sandra Batson.
Branding
During the latter half of the 1960s the station generally branded itself as Channel 9. After the switch to the CBC, the brand used was "9&4" or "CBC 9&4", to signify both the Regina and Moose Jaw channel numbers. After a brief flirtation with "TV9 Regina", the station returned to "9&4" in the 1980s, this time to signify the station's cable channel position.
Today the station is branded just as "CBC" or "CBC Saskatchewan".
Transmitters
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Note: CJFB-TV had two other repreaters: CJFB-TV-1 Eastend and CJFB-TV-2 Val Marie. These were not needed since the CBC had transmitters in the area already, and were deleted.
Digital television
As of January, 2011, CBKT-DT has not signed on the air. An application has been made to the Canadian Radio-Television Commission for a post transitional digital transmitter. During the analogue shutdown and digital conversion on August 31, 2011, CBKT-DT will flash cut to digital and remain on its pre-transition channel number, 9. With the use of PSIP, television receivers will list CBKT-DT's virtual channel number as 9.1.
Also on this date, CBKT will become the sole full-power CBC Television station in Saskatchewan. Although CBKST in Saskatoon may appear to be a station in its own right, it is licensed as a CBKT rebroadcaster. The CBC has decided not to upgrade any of its rebroadcasters to digital , so CBKST will go off the air on August 31. After August 31, CBKT will be piped into Saskatoon-area households via cable and satellite.
Current CBKT on-air staff
- Costa Maragos, news anchor CBC News at Six
See also
References
External links
- CBC Saskatchewan
- Canadian Communications Foundation - CBKT History
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CBKT
- Query TV Fool's coverage map for CBKT
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Categories: CBC television stations | Television stations in Regina, Saskatchewan | Channel 3 TV stations in Canada | Channel 4 TV stations in Canada | Channel 5 TV stations in Canada | Channel 9 TV stations in Canada | Television channels and stations established in 1962
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